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¨,»**$§¶## #¨¨¨»»»»»»»»¨¨¨# ##¶§$**»,¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨,*$§ ####¨»» fermi's paradox »»¨#### §$*,¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨»**§ #¨¨¨»»»»»»»»¨¨¨# §**»¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨,»***$§§@ @§§$***»,¨
¨,»**$§¶@# on earth (the planet where i live) a #@¶§$**»,¨
¨,»**$§¶@# lot of us have antennas on our houses #@¶§$**»,¨
¨,»**$§¶@# or balconies, we have built large #@¶§$**»,¨
¨¨¨¨¨»*$§@ antennas for larger bandwith, we have @§$*»¨¨¨¨¨
¨,»**$§¶@# build specialized antennaes for #@¶§$**»,¨
¨,»**$$$§@ specific wavelengths (and sent them @§$$$**»,¨
¨,»**$§¶@# into orbit), we've built large as fuck #@¶§$**»,¨
,»**$§¶@## antenna arrays ##@¶§$**»,
¨,»**$§¶@# we've virtually built an antenna with a #@¶§$**»,¨
¨,»**$§§§@ dish as large as earth. @§§§$**»,¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨»*$¶ ¶$*»¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨,»**$§¶@# we've learned about our position in the #@¶§$**»,¨
¨,»**$§¶@# solar system, our solar systems #@¶§$**»,¨
¨,»**$$$$§ placement in the galaxy, and our §$$$$**»,¨
¨,»**$§¶@# galaxys placement in the local cluster, #@¶§$**»,¨
¨,»**$$§¶@ and »our» local clusters place in the @¶§$$**»,¨
¨,»**$$$§@ grand scheme of things @§$$$**»,¨
¨,»**$§¶@# #@¶§$**»,¨
¨,»**$§¶@# and we're moving around the sun at #@¶§$**»,¨
¨,»**$§¶@# velocity and the suns moving around the #@¶§$**»,¨
,»**$§¶@## center of the galaxy at velocity and ##@¶§$**»,
¨¨¨¨¨,*$¶¶ the galaxy is moving toward andromeda ¶¶$*,¨¨¨¨¨
¨,»**$§¶## and we're both moving anticlockwise ##¶§$**»,¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨,*$¶ around the galaxy. and we as a species ¶$*,¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨,»*$§ have learned to take all that in account §$*»,¨¨¨¨¨
¨,»**$§¶@# #@¶§$**»,¨
¨¨¨¨»***$§ and despite all this, despite all our §$***»¨¨¨¨
¨,»**$§¶@# (cliche) beaming of fucking stellar #@¶§$**»,¨
¨,»**$§¶@# radio programmes out in fucking space #@¶§$**»,¨
¨,»**$§¶@# at the speed of light (light is our #@¶§$**»,¨
¨,»**$§¶@# medium! goodspeed you, black emperor!), #@¶§$**»,¨
¨,»**$§¶@# despite ghosts helping and the #@¶§$**»,¨
¨,»**$§¶@# collective consciousness lowpass #@¶§$**»,¨
¨,»**$§¶¶¶ filtering, despite our very obvious ¶¶¶§$**»,¨
¨,»**$$§¶¶ beaming of all our secrets in every ¶¶§$$**»,¨
¨,»**$¶@## direction known to us, ##@¶$**»,¨
¨,»**$§@## ##@§$**»,¨
¨,»»»»***§ no ¨ one ¨ has ¨ answered §***»»»»,¨
¨,»**$§§¶@ @¶§§$**»,¨
¨,,,»*$$$¶ #¨¨¨»»»»»»»»¨¨¨# ¶$$$*»,,,¨
¨,»**$§¶@# ####¨»» fermi's paradox »»¨#### #@¶§$**»,¨
¨¨¨¨,»*$¶¶ #¨¨¨»»»»»»»»¨¨¨# ¶¶$*»,¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨»*$§§ §§$*»¨¨¨¨¨
¨,»**$§¶@# so why is that? #@¶§$**»,¨
¨,»**$§¶## ##¶§$**»,¨
¨,»**$§§§§ most opponents to intelligent life in §§§§$**»,¨
¨,»**$§¶@# the universe say it's because you need #@¶§$**»,¨
¨,»**$§¶¶¶ a class one-or-the-other star and the ¶¶¶§$**»,¨
¨,»**$§¶@# planet needs to be at a see-and-so #@¶§$**»,¨
¨,»**$§¶¶@ distance away from the star (like there @¶¶§$**»,¨
¨,»**$§@## has to be a planet!) ##@§$**»,¨
¨,»**$§¶@# #@¶§$**»,¨
¨,»**$§¶@# but really isn't that keeping the #@¶§$**»,¨
¨¨¨,,**§§@ definition of life really lax? @§§**,,¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨»*$§ §$*»¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨,»**$§§¶¶ i think everyone agrees that we have no ¶¶§§$**»,¨
¨,»**§¶@## idea what we're doing (and it probably ##@¶§**»,¨
¨¨¨,»»**$¶ shows) ¶$**»»,¨¨¨
¨,»****$§¶ ¶§$****»,¨
¨,»**$§@## #¨¨¨»»»»»»»»¨¨¨# ##@§$**»,¨
¨,»***$$$¶ ####¨»» fermi's paradox »»¨#### ¶$$$***»,¨
¨,»**$§¶@# #¨¨¨»»»»»»»»¨¨¨# #@¶§$**»,¨
¨,»**$§¶@# #@¶§$**»,¨
¨,,»»»»*§¶ i'm gonna go smoke my third cigarette ¶§*»»»»,,¨
¨,»**$$$§§ this year and try to snatch some beers §§$$$**»,¨
¨,»**$§¶@@ from the local beer thing @@¶§$**»,¨
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